Mothers’ Knowledge Regarding Infant Physical Needs

Abstract

Parents’ most important need was for accurate and honest information. Needs focused around sensitive
infant care and involvement in decision-making. The greatest stressor for parents was alteration to the
parental role, followed by infant appearance.A descriptive / Cross-sectional study design is carried to assess
the mothers’ knowledge regarding infant physical needs in Babylon governorate.
The study conducted in Babylon Governorate in AL-Hashemia district, health centers. The sample size was
(100) mother’s .The sample of study was multistage sampling, The data were collected through the training
of two groups of specialized community health nursing student, each groups consisting of 2 students.
They were trained on how to collect the sample and data collection method. The study used a developed
questionnaire (Arabic version( The data of the present study are analyzed through the use of Statistical
Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) study concluded A third of the female participants in the study breastfeed
their children through a bottle of milk and half of them feed their children 5 times a day, more than half of
the participants had moderate information, while 40% of them had little information about caring for their
children physically. study recommended new mothers depend on the care of their children on the family
inheritance, especially the mother or older sister without adopting the scientific aspects and the development
in the care of infants. Therefore, the study suggests developing an educational program that is part of the
motherhood and childhood program.